The Phoenicians: The Purple Empire of the Ancient WorldMorrow, 1975 - 288 pages Examines the history, people, culture, civilization, and achievements of the Phoenicians, whose supremacy in shipbuilding and navigation enabled them to be masters of the ancient world for three hundred years. |
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Page 12
... position to receive him within their city walls . If , however , he still wished to pay homage to Melqart , he could do so at an altar which they would gladly build for him on the coast . It was a message of seemingly crashing arrogance ...
... position to receive him within their city walls . If , however , he still wished to pay homage to Melqart , he could do so at an altar which they would gladly build for him on the coast . It was a message of seemingly crashing arrogance ...
Page 64
... position is no longer tenable , he shoves off and safeguards his position at the court of Akhetaten , the new capital which Ekhnaten had built near el Amarna , knowing full well that his presents and wooing will have prepared fruitful ...
... position is no longer tenable , he shoves off and safeguards his position at the court of Akhetaten , the new capital which Ekhnaten had built near el Amarna , knowing full well that his presents and wooing will have prepared fruitful ...
Page 189
... position threat- ened . Nor were they any longer the unchallenged kings of the sea . The people of the town of Phocaea in Asia Minor , who were held to be the best Greek sailors of that time , had now sailed as far as Spain in warships ...
... position threat- ened . Nor were they any longer the unchallenged kings of the sea . The people of the town of Phocaea in Asia Minor , who were held to be the best Greek sailors of that time , had now sailed as far as Spain in warships ...
Contents
The Bedouins of the Sea II | 11 |
The City in the Cedar Grove | 27 |
The Coming of the Aryans | 39 |
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